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ARES_PARSE_MX_REPLY(3)	   Library Functions Manual	ARES_PARSE_MX_REPLY(3)

NAME
       ares_parse_mx_reply - Parse a reply to a	DNS query of type MX

SYNOPSIS
       #include	<ares.h>

       int ares_parse_mx_reply(const unsigned char* abuf, int alen,
			       struct ares_mx_reply** mx_out);

DESCRIPTION
       The ares_parse_mx_reply function	parses the response to a query of type
       MX  into	 a linked list of struct ares_mx_reply The parameters abuf and
       alen give the contents of the response.	The result is stored in	 allo-
       cated memory and	a pointer to it	stored into the	variable pointed to by
       mx_out.	It is the caller's responsibility to free the resulting	mx_out
       structure   when	  it   is   no	 longer	  needed  using	 the  function
       ares_free_data(3).

       The structure ares_mx_reply contains the	following fields:

	   struct ares_mx_reply	{
	       struct ares_mx_reply *next;
	       char *host;
	       unsigned	short priority;
	   };

RETURN VALUES
       ares_parse_mx_reply can return any of the following values:

       ARES_SUCCESS   The response was successfully parsed.

       ARES_EBADRESP  The response was malformatted.

       ARES_ENODATA   The response did not contain an answer to	the query.

       ARES_ENOMEM    Memory was exhausted.

AVAILABILITY
       This function was first introduced in c-ares version 1.7.2.

SEE ALSO
       ares_query(3) ares_free_data(3)

				 4 August 2009		ARES_PARSE_MX_REPLY(3)

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